Embassy, six piece cutlery set

Embassy, six piece cutlery set
 designed (1965)

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
stainless steel
Measurements
(a) 23.9 × 2.1 × 1.3 cm (dinner knife)
(b) 21.0 × 1.9 × 1.1 cm (entrée knife)
(c) 21.7 × 20.4 × 2.2 cm (dinner fork)
(d) 19.7 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm (entrée fork)
(e) 20.1 × 5.3 × 2.3 cm (soup spoon)
(f) 19.2 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm (dessert spoon)
Place/s of Execution
Hathersage, Derbyshire, England
Inscription
(a) punched (vertically) c.: DM
(b) punched (vertically) c.: DM
(c) punched l.r.: DM
punched (vertically) in rear c.: DAVID MELLOR
(d) punched l.r.: DM
punched (vertically) in rear c.: DAVID MELLOR
(e) punched l.r.: DM
punched (vertically) in rear c.: DAVID MELLOR
(f) punched l.r.: DM
punched (vertically) in rear c.: DAVID MELLOR
Accession Number
2017.1173.a-f
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
Gallery location
Not on display

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